Re: RDF, RDA, MARC and FRBR

Hi all,

A minor correction:

Tom is discussing an expression of FRBR based on Named Graphs with colleagues at the Library of Congress, but not as part of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative per se.

Regards,
Dave




On Apr 4, 2012, at 08:02, David Wood wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> As many of you know, Tom Baker is working with the U.S. Library of Congress on a replacement of the MARC standard based on RDF [1].  He has approached me to determine whether his current discussions related to FRBR representations in RDF are in line with our work on named graphs.
> 
> This message is a "heads up" that I expect Tom to submit a use case for named graphs to this working group sometime in April.  FRBR and MARC are large and important use cases for RDF and I would like to add Tom's use case to the short list at [2].
> 
> It would be good to discuss his use case at a telecon in April once he submits it to public-rdf-comments.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
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> 
> [1]  http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-103111.html
> [2]  http://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/wiki/Why_Graphs
> 

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